Portrait bust of Elias Howe

PART OF:: lock stitch sewing machine

Made:: 1850-1867 in United States

Plaster Bust of Elias Howe, maker unknown, United States

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Plaster Bust of Elias Howe, maker unknown, United States
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Plaster Bust of Elias Howe, maker unknown, United States, 1850-1867.

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Category:: Textiles Machinery

Object Number:: 1871-24/2

Materials:: plaster of paris

Measurements:: overall: 660 x 1470 x 330 mm

type:: portrait bust and cast

credit:: Howe Sewing Machine Co.

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Portrait bust of Elias Howe

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